Example sentences of "[adj] as i do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They threw me from the battlements into the sea , but the rocks were merciless and did not kill me , though I have never longed for death so much as I did then . |
| 2 | If I had ever loved you , if I loved you still , I could not hate myself for my weakness as much as I do now . ’ |
| 3 | There were seventy- five paintings in the exhibition and by the time I left , which was quite early as I did not stay for dinner , most of the pictures had a little red sold label . |
| 4 | ‘ But first I must catch up with Posh Porky as I do n't ‘ ave much capital left of my own . ’ |
| 5 | Because it 's a long time since I felt like this , as good as I do now . |
| 6 | That was fine by him as long as I did n't mind sleeping on the floor . |
| 7 | ‘ They told me that as long as I did not rush back too quickly , I should have another four or five years . |
| 8 | As long as I did not look at her , Sadie resigned herself to wandering behind me . |
| 9 | ‘ As long as I do n't have to go past Godfrey . ’ |
| 10 | I do n't care what you 're writing down , just as long as I do n't see it in Republican News . |
| 11 | ‘ As long as I do n't have to see it , not in the least , ’ George said dryly . |
| 12 | As long as I do n't have to use my leader column to support Briant , and any Echo support for him goes out under your by-line — now and in the future — I can live with it . ’ |
| 13 | Some researchers with whom discussions have been held admit to copying theses obtained on inter-library loan , and justify such behaviour by saying that ‘ it 'll be all right as long as I do n't publish ’ . |
| 14 | As long as I do n't get too excitable we 'll be okay . |
| 15 | Erm , okay thanks , as long as I do n't to er put you off or anything |
| 16 | As long as I do n't miss seeing my beautiful Miguel . ’ |
| 17 | As long as I do n't break my thumb . |
| 18 | As long as I do n't turn up in my holiday as well ! |
| 19 | as long as I do n't catch you . |
| 20 | I shall be left here looking ten times as fat as I do already and the poor little bastard wo n't even have a real name . ’ |
| 21 | If those primitive attitudes had n't also been the determining factor in my own fate I would have found it as ludicrous and pitiful as I do now . |
| 22 | I used my house key , the same as I did yesterday . |
| 23 | As writer back then , I used my IBM PC for word processing , the same as I do now . |
| 24 | You 'll still be working up at the farm and I 'll be having my midday meals up there , same as I do now . |
| 25 | I just kept working harder and harder as I did n't want to let anyone down and I did n't believe I would pick up a drink again . |
| 26 | Normally a sucker , I sat under the piano and chewed ravenously , ripping the cellophane off the next and the next as I did so . |